"The worst is the case of Hari Om Nagar residents, who cast their vote in Mulund assembly constituency once in five years. But everyday, they have to enter Mulund through the toll plaza. When your police station is Mulund East (Navghar) and constituency is Mulund, which is in Greater Mumbai, why should you be made to pay toll?" said Mulund East resident Makarand Karve.
Local civic activist Viral Shah, while condemning the collection of toll, said, "It is frustrating paying toll every time you leave Mulund and enter Thane, and vice versa. I have received complaints from several families/motorists in my area. Also, there seems to be a monopoly at most toll plazas , with the same toll firm collecting money for several years. We (residents) demand an audit of every toll booth, specially the one in Mulund West (LBS Marg) and Mulund East (Eastern Express highway)," he said, adding he has been paying the toll for over 20 years.
Anmol Bhushan, member of the Highland Park ALM, said, "We strongly oppose the toll collection at Mulund, but don't support the violent methods of MNS workers. We want the government to conduct a survey of local residents, most of whom are angry at paying toll for travelling just a few kilometres and back." He said residents often travelled to Thane. "If I pay toll, I should get better roads. But in the recent monsoon, the worst stretch of road was near the Mulund toll plaza," said Mulund resident Rajesh Thakkar. "If the government is unable to maintain roads, why charge toll?" said activist Sunil Mone.
Another businessman Dharmesh Somaiya said he prefers going to Thane by train to avoid paying toll. "Why should we pay toll for crossing from one part of the suburbs to another? Thane is now considered to be part of Mumbai region , so there should be no toll in the entire MMR," he said.
Stop collection: BMC panel chief
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale has written to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, demanding that toll collection while entering the city must be stopped. He said the city must be toll-free as the government had collected more that what it had spent on the construction of roads and bridges. Shewale said the government had to recover the construction cost of 55 bridges, which was Rs 1,250 crore, but had collected Rs1,500 crore so far. Shewale, who may be the Shiv Sena's Lok Sabha candidate from Dadar, said the BMC must be incharge of roads in the city.
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